Horrifying images of great white shark on US beach after second beast leaps out of water amid spate of brutal attacks
SHOCKING images revealed a great white shark laying on a New York beach this week amid a spate of brutal attacks on the US East Coast.
Quogue Village Police took to Facebook on Wednesday morning to announce a dead shark had been found at around 9.33am.
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"The shark was subsequently washed back out to sea before the Police could secure it."
Anyone who spots a shark is urged to call the Quogue Village Police Department at 631-653-4791.
According to , the shark was discovered by local resident Craig Napolitan and his dog, Bonnie.
Napolitan was playing fetch with his dog when he spotted the beast, prompting him to pull his dog out of the water.
However, once he realized the shark was dead, he waited for it to wash up on shore.
Following the sighting, other law enforcement groups and the South Fork Natural History Museum Shark Research and Education Program are attempting to monitor the situation.
Meanwhile, footage of a shark appearing to jump out of the ocean and spin near Beach 121st Street in the Rockaways was shared by the this week.
The Rockaway Times said the footage was taken by Tricia Gahn on Tuesday while her husband was teaching their son how to surf.
Meanwhile, a 16-year-old boy became the sixth victim of a shark attack on Long Island, NY, this summer as he was surfing off the coast of a Fire Island beach.
The victim was attacked on Kismet Beach on July 20 just after 5:30pm local time.
Long Island has seen a spate of shark attacks in recent weeks.
Surfer Shawn Donnelly, 41, was knocked off his board when a sand tiger shark attacked off the coast of Smith Point Beach on July 13.
The conservation group advises swimmers to avoid areas with seals, schools of bait fish, fishing areas, swimming in the ocean at dusk, dawn, or nighttime, and murky water.
They also suggest swimmers stay in groups, avoid isolation, swim close to show, adhere to warning signs at beaches, and listen to lifeguards or Park staff instructions.
"Due to conservation efforts, these sharks are making a comeback," said Chris Paparo, a shark guru with Stony Brook University, according to . "Many of the ones we are seeing are juvenile."
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Speaking to , Paparo explained how there are significantly more sharks than 10 to 15 years ago.
"We’re spotting sharks, whales and dolphins here," he told the news outlet. "In the 1960s, we did not have sharks, whales and dolphins.”